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In addition to the blue overalls, there are the engineer-only mechbuilder's overalls, which appear to use the same model but in green instead of blue. Because fishing needs even more ultra-rare drops for people to chase after...

I personally wear the blue overalls with a blue shirt.....goes really well with "gauntlets of the sea". if you want the same exact look with a higher level item you can also use "Enchanted Clefthoof Gloves"....however they dont say "of the sea"!

The City Doublets you can purchase at the Icecrown Tournament look really good too. I saw a real life tournament on the other day and they were all wearing the sort of Motocross/ extreme sport type shirts.Since then my Undead dk has been sporting his weather beaten hat and Undercity shirt to maximum effect :p

I love a lot of the suggestions in this thread - the shirts, to be sure, fit fishing perfectly :)

However, that leaves me wondering, what are you all wearing for leggings? I really can't seem to find anything that "works" well - so I'm currently using the Blue Overalls with Fishing Hat (which, looks good too, especially with fingerless gloves inc +fishing chant, and Aurora Boots).

But, I'm feeling like a change of outfit, the shirt works - but with what?

I love a lot of the suggestions in this thread - the shirts, to be sure, fit fishing perfectly :)
However, that leaves me wondering, what are you all wearing for leggings? I really can't seem to find anything that "works" well - so I'm currently using the Blue Overalls with Fishing Hat (which, looks good too, especially with fingerless gloves inc +fishing chant, and Aurora Boots).
But, I'm feeling like a change of outfit, the shirt works - but with what?

If your a female... why not try with lovely black dress and a shirt if the dress is to open for you, I might also suggest shadowskin gloves...as they go nicely with the black.. Well at least my wife thinks , and I think so!! She is the most sexy of all female fishers..and well dressed ofc ^^

If your a female... why not try with lovely black dress and a shirt if the dress is to open for you, I might also suggest shadowskin gloves...as they go nicely with the black.. Well at least my wife thinks , and I think so!! She is the most sexy of all female fishers..and well dressed ofc ^^

That's an interesting thought, but Lovely Black Dress strikes me as evening wear for us, not really something that seems to "suit" the role of fishing (for example, one wouldn't wear a tuxedo out fishing, either, really). Mind, that's just my thoughts on it ;-)

Hi fellow fishermen. I'm new to fishing (started couple days ago, thanks to this site!) and I already really like the whole thing. I'm using the "Fishing & Cooking 1-450" guide, and now my Fishing is 225 and Cooking around 250 after the first day.
I started my own fishing career with the STV Extragavanza competition, and got my fishing skill from 1 to 75 during the hour. I had alot of fun, I even could wear my fishing gear (see the link) because of the PvE realm. Some guy won the competition after some 10-15 minutes, and yelled to General chat that he's been trying to win this for over a year now. I suppose he earned that win more than me, heh.

If there's anyone else from Hellscream EU leveling fishing and cooking or just likes fishing, whisper Ukkokukko in-game and lets go on a fishing adventure!
And good luck to everyone with the rare catches!

I have on my Angler , Weatherbeaten fishing hat, Gauntlets of the Sea (+5 fishing enchant)
Blue overalls, Captain Saunders Shirt, Blue Suede Shoes (from the Battle for mount Hyjal, btw they look awesome like blue tie dyed wellies lol) because i still have not been able to find that damm rare fish for the boots,
Azure Silk Belt, cos its blue and has a Swim speed increase.
Mastercraft Kala`uak Fishing pole (with titanium line enchant).
i sooo want the boots of the bay but that could take forever on this server cos of all the twinks trying for that Darned heirloom ring.
as For leggings its usually whatever the best PvP legs i have at the time cos they dont show till you remove the Blue Overalls.

i Finally got the Turtle too the other day so the look is almost complete ;).

I'd love to get to the bottom of this. During testing, I kept on hitting problems, but those problems were not consistent. I suspect there are (were) 2 issues:

1. The total bonus displayed on the Professions User Interface may be incorrect, missing anything from one piece of gear to an entire active lure.

2. The UI display is correct, but the actual effective skill used to determine junk is still incorrect. This second issue is clearly much harder to test than the first, since one is normally reliant on testing a very small difference in skill.

Further testing with those in my guild confirm what Numbuh Two posted, and it seems that the +5 glove enchant doesn't stack with the pole enchant (e.g., +5 eternium test line), rather than the bonus on the pole itself.

My fishing equipment is (Combined bonuses in parenthesis) the Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole (+30) with a +5 fishing line added (+35), the Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat (+40), Heavy Linen Gloves with +5 Fishing enchant (+45), and Boots of the Bay (+60). When equipping all of these, the Professions GUI only shows a +55 bonus, as people have already indicated.

The important observation is that the bonus viewed on the Professions screen can't be correct. A few minutes ago I was raising fishing by fishing in open water in the Jade Forest, requiring 650 skill to avoid junk catches. Just after reaching 595 base skill, I caught a Withered Kelp. So with a base skill of 595 and added bonus of +55 (which of course totals 650) I should not have caught any junk, but I did.

In other words, not only do the Fishing skill bonuses not add up correctly in the GUI display, but the displayed value seems to be HIGHER than it actually is.

Averiy - I think you've found the heart of the problem: You see, there is no +2 line bonus. That was caused by another bug from years ago, when all previously applied +5 bonuses were automatically converted to +2: The glove enchant spell got mixed up with the pole enchant spell around about the time the +5 glove enchant was added. I, and I assume others, got fed up waiting for this to be fixed and re-applied a fresh High Test Eternium Fishing Line to return the pole bonus to +5. But the mix-up does explain perfectly why you are not seeing the issue, because I suspect that as far as the game's code is concerned, you have a +2 glove enchant on your pole.

Ive noticed this bug after a break in wow... I am now lower than the regular fisherman :(
my hat, gloves does not stack up..... bug reported... but are they going to fix it!!! am only 50+ and not 60 as should be!!! is there a cap introduced ?

on my secondary fisherman the <Salty Magocrat> He has +50 xtra on gear, same hat same glove enchant...... seems like 50 is a cap? even though swapping gear on main did not add the numbers.. seems random strange..

Edit.. after testing all gear, its clearly a cap... all items with "old" enchants and + skill works as intended if placed on toon 1 item only, the hat, the gloves, the boots, the line.. all give the skill as intended but as soon as I go past +50 nothing works...either hat, line, boots, glove ! depends on which item I put on last!! makes you wonder what else is capped or "bugged"

Thank you for contacting Blizzard Entertainment regarding this. I apologize for the wait, we are experiencing a larger than normal ticket volume.

I myself and many other people have been a bit confused by this kind of thing. I double checked and everything does seem to be working but it looks like you may need to review what needs to be done here. Game Masters are not allowed to many details about game content but I have included some links to sites that I personally use when trying to overcome stuff like this.

These fan sites are created by fans and used by players to discuss game progression hints in more details then a Game Master can trust me even Game Masters use these!
Examples:
www.wowhead.com/profiler (Amazing Quest tracking!)
www.wowpedia.com
www.wowwiki.com
www.wowjuju.com (Great rep calculator!)

Thank you for your time and patience here. I hope your adventures are half as epic as your loots *wink*

(Blizzard's corporate policy is to only link to "official fansites", of which there are only a handful, mostly those cited. It's a strange game. The situation is evolving, with some of Blizzard's more senior employees pushing the boundaries over the last year, most obviously here Zarhym's B-list of fansites, on which El's Anglin was entry #7.)

Druantira on Stormrage. So El, after never having read this thread before, are you saying I should reapply a +5 line (sitting in my bank for any new expansion pole)? Is that really the only way to get me back to the professions tab giving me the correct total bonus again? I believe I have the top current gear:

Just to let you all know, this bug is still "alive" today. Because its impact is almost non-existant (a mere +2 fishing level difference, and fishing skill becoming less significant), the chances of it being fixed are slim.

The bug:

+5 fishing bonus on a hat (Lucky Fishing Hat, Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat, Darkmoon Fishing Cap, Nat's Hat) DOES NOT stack with +5 fishing bonus on boots (Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots). Using either or both of such items will give a total +5 fishing bonus regardless. However, +5 bonus on hat DOES stack with the +15 bonus on boots (Boots of the Bay), for a total of +20.

A +5 fishing line (High Test Eternium Fishing Line) on your fishing pole DOES NOT stack with +5 fishing glove enchant (Enchant Gloves - Angler). However, a +5 fishing line DOES stack with a +2 fishing enchant (Enchant Gloves - Fishing). Similarly, a +3 fishing line (Spun Truesilver Fishing Line) DOES stack with a +5 fishing glove enchant. Therefore, the maximum effective fishing level to get from these two items is by using the +3 fishing line along with the +5 fishing glove enchant for a total of +8 fishing.

And yes, this is a "bug" because the stacking of these items is selective. Same-number bonuses on boots - hat or fishing line - gloves enchant do not stack; different-number-bonuses (i.e. +5 and +15, +3 and +5) DO stack. If these mechanics were intended, there should be no stacking from these slots whatsoever.

Taking these things into consideration, the maximum obtainable effective fishing level is currently:

Or, if you are truly trying to push it, adding the +50 fishing buff from the Dalaran Sewers 'Underbelly Elixir' (http://www.wowhead.com/spell=59645) will raise your total fishing level to a staggering +893 theoretical maximum in the game as it is now.

Of course, fishing levels this high will serve no practical purpose, since the highest fishing skill currently required is +825 (Timeless Isle open water, and Vale of Blossoms open water). Also, fishing pools currently have a fishing level requirement of 1, and are often more effective than fishing in open water (partially because of the Ancient Pandaren Fishing Charm). This makes fishing level much less important.

Would LOVE to see a table done of which fishing buffs will stack with others to maximize skill and how various buff items are classified, i.e. gear vs. lure vs. bait etc. Right now I have stuff stacked giving 1010 fishing skill, but am cautious about applying other consumables for fear their effect might be negated by other things I have already applied.

I realize this post doesn't apply specifically to patch 5.0.4 fishing but really for WoD and more current content, but this was the only buff stacking thread I found.

Would LOVE to see a table done of which fishing buffs will stack with others to maximize skill and how various buff items are classified, i.e. gear vs. lure vs. bait etc. Right now I have stuff stacked giving 1010 fishing skill, but am cautious about applying other consumables for fear their effect might be negated by other things I have already applied.
I realize this post doesn't apply specifically to patch 5.0.4 fishing but really for WoD and more current content, but this was the only buff stacking thread I found.

Of course, one can only equip one fishing pole (best in slot: +40 arcanite fishing pole, or +100 ephemeral fishing pole), only put one bonus fishing line on it, only have one lure active (+200 worm supreme), only one hat on, etcetera.

However, I'm keeping an eye on this thread: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/15699386975?page=12#236 because Fishing is getting lots of attention for 6.1, and that guy managed to mention this fishing bonus stacking issue. I'm really hoping blues will finally catch up on it. I could get my final +1 well-deserved fishing level. (currently using +4 fishing line, because my +5 line won't stack.)

I did the quest and got Seth's Graphite Fishing Pole. I try to fish with it, but it just doesn't work. I cast and nothing happens. Has anyone else had this problem or does anyone know if there is a bug that needs fixing?

I just got my Eternium Line the last Extravaganza, which was the last thing I needed to max out my fishing skill :D. It's now, with only gear and base skill, 502. I think this is the max that can be achieved with current available gear.

This Sunday I'm going for the total max @ fishing, I only need to catch the
Dezian Queenfish, to put the Eternium line to my pole.
Since 1st post was outdated bij the Kalu'ak derby (& other changes),
here are the new max stats.

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